The Old Black Bull in Preston

Great place for a drink and watch live music staff helpful and friendly lots of choices and some good deals too

A friendly & welcoming pub, we popped in for a drink before a game at PNE, had a chat with the barmaid and a couple of locals who recommended other places to drink on our way towards Deepdale. Would recommend a visit.

A real old classic pub,myself and 2 friends enjoyed the new beer,Watched

This was a lovely pub for drinking, with a warm and cozy setting! This is contributed to from the lush lights and the uniquely styled wall, counter is well presented too. I enjoyed a pint of one of the numerous ciders available, sitting at a clean table too!

Excellent pub, though still no Porter. Well worth a visit. Recommended. S

love visiting this pub, bar staff always welcoming

Made to feel welcome by the landlady and will definitely be calling in again when we're in Preston.

Great karaoke DJ on Sunday afternoons 4-8pm

Went in and stood at bar for 5 mins with no staff behind bar. When they did emerge there was no "sorry to keep you waiting" or "will be with you in a minute". Looked at us like dirt and went off to serve someone else. Pubs are going to the wall every day then they treat customers like that. Keep it up. 👍

Not really a pub that draws you in on exterior appearance but a nice enough quite spacious interior and the lady server was more pleasant and appreciative of the trade than most. The pint I had was very enjoyable which made the cost of it worthwhile.. I was surprised how expensive the beer was considering the pub is opposite a cheap booze JD Wetherspoon pub.

Top pub, great beer and live music when we were in

We didn't eat here but the drinks were good

Bar staff need more training, if I could give zero stars I would 😡

Great Beer Friendly Staff one of my favourites

The bands are back ,great evening was had by all

Just the best Sunday Lunch, excellent service, I would recommend

This used to be a regular stop on a night round Preston- not any more. Awful staff (male wearing anorak and wooly hat whilst serving), who obviously think the the pub is for their entertainment/socialising rather than the customers. Expect this one to close/be taken over sometime soon.

Terrible. Few people, no atmosphere, toothless barman complete with bob hat and chav anorak, won't be visiting again anytime soon. Real shame as I've been calling in here for decades but I'll wait until the management/staff change.

Our band The Reunion played at the Old black bull, great venue and a great atmosphere, friendly , helpful staff and customers . Worth a night out .

OK. Hand on heart, we walked past earlier and it is a beautiful building. Thought it was a Greene King pub but apparently recently sold off. Jorvic and Madge expected a range of real ales. Only one available, which to be fair was very good. Inside has been gutted and had music blaring out for an almost empty pub. Not a place for old gits like me.

Nice traditional style pub. Friendly staff

Can't comment on food so I gave 4 stars. The band I saw were very very trebley and it was hard to stay and enjoy so we all agreed to leave. Shame as a few of the guys had never heard live rock bands before.

I haven't eaten here but its fast becoming the number 1 rock bar in Preston. Always a band or singer on Fridays and Saturdays. Check their website for latest updates. Good beer cocktails and shots always a great atmosphere

Lovely old town centre pub, great atmosphere, great beer!

Decent pub, friendly staff and a pool table.

Not changed much since I went in 20yrs ago! Which is a good thing. Went to see band Ruff Kutz who were awesome 🤟 Was glad to see pool table still there in same place, I like that the pub is kinda separated into two parts, the seating area near window & with pool table, then the rest open with space for bands to perform. It's not huge space there so if you're by the speakers your ears might be ringing lol but it has a fab cosy atmosphere & staff all were great. Quick service at the bar. Loved it!

What a fantastic time had today Karen behind the bar was so bubbly and friendly beer fantastic would highly recommend

Decent pint day or night, great music 🎶 Venue,done well to continue trading during Friargate being dug up continuously for the last 8 plus ➕ Months!And gorgeous female bar staff 😉

Getting a bit tired but the live musics good

Great fun. Great music, Great band. Too many beer's dancing, oh dear.

Great place for a drink on a Friday night. Good live music.

Nice place..nice pint...pity i was the only one in there...happy friendly barmaid

Fab staff, very friendly, nights are always entertaining, good atmosphere, reasonably priced good drinks, x

Disappointing not like I remember it now like any pub anywhere...lost its history

This place is so out of order! Staff are so rude and over powering. Come into this pub and to have a gathering and felt nothing but uncomfortable. Bar staff constantly staring at us as well as the customers at the bartender is walking round what looks like talking about us. He had a blue top on with dark features. Felt nothing but uncomfortable constantly asking us for ID saying we can’t stay in here even asking for a soft drink and ID us so out of order! DO NOT RECOMMEND WILL NOT BE RETURNING!!

Decent pub, decent selection and good service..really good band on called TIN PAN ALLEY..

Good venue to see smaller live bands

Best live music venue in Preston. Great range of beers and fantastic friendly staff!

Not same since fat Stan left. Decent enough I suppose, good range of ales on recent. Try it out guys.

Lovely pub friendly staff good beer

Post graduation drink, lovely old pub, but very quiet with only couple of customers.

It was quiet but the bar person was very friendly and chatty.

Great friendly pub with a nice atmosphere

Good boozer, live music on the weekends 🍻

Fantastic local pub based in the city centre. Very difficult to find this kind of pub these days. Everyone is friendly and welcoming from the moment you enter. They have a great range of drinks, from real ale to Guinness to a large selection of draught lagers to ciders. The top shelf selection here is beyond anything else you find in other places. If you want it this place has it! Prices are as expected for a city centre pub although they have so many offers on you will always find a great deal. On friday and Saturday nights they have bands on every single week. I have not seen an atmosphere in a pub like this since before the dreaded lockdown and longer. There is also an outside seating area to the back. Which has lots of outside seating. Overall a fantastic place to visit.

Great pub with great selection of beer

Lovely atmosphere with live music.

Had a good pint in there. Friendly staff.

Nice looking old pub from the outside.but modern interior.brer good

It was OK. Had a couple of beers in the afternoon and a game of pool

The Old Black Bull 35 Friargate Preston PR1 2AT Well established distinctive old worldly looking exterior, modern pleasant interior Greene King pub on the Friargate corner, right opposite the Wetherspoon’s Grey Friar, in a very good spot for catching buses heading North of the city centre without having to traipse back to the monstrous bus station. If you know your bus isn’t coming for half an hour, a swift half in here is much better than hanging round in the cold at the bus stop. The pub is a popular live music venue with a particular liking for blues music, and allows for a nice relaxed stay surrounded by music memorabilia. Arthur Chappell

Very very upset! I attended a family get together and when approached by two loud and drunken men, they commented on me and my girlfriends (I am a gay woman) outfits. All was fine and we handled it quite well - when one of the men asked if we were girlfriends and said he didn’t believe us until we kissed to “prove it”. I quickly insisted that the men leave us alone and went to get a staff member. The manager that came out wasn’t interested and very bluntly told me that the two men were regulars and somewhat friends and therefore they didn’t want to lose them as customers and insisted that we just brush off what they said as a bit of banter and surely “it didn’t upset you that much”. The manager told us that they could have said a lot worse considering we are lesbians. I wouldn’t recommend this is a nice place, in my opinion. Food wasn’t great either and the beer didn’t taste nice. Do not go here!!!!

Best in Preston (IMO), great staff, great atmosphere, good Selection of Ales great live music at Weekends (when relevant restrictions especially at time of writing). It's a must visit

We called in for drinks today, my husband used the track and trace app to scan us in and we used the hand sanitiser provided. There was no-one at the door so we found a table and sat down. A member of staff (female)came over and asked us to sign in on a clipboard but my husband informed her we had scanned in on the app. 'Show me'she said in very abrupt and rude manner then insisted we sign in anyway.She spoke to us like we were a couple of schoolkids. We decided to leave and take our custom elsewhere. Her attitude and the way she spoke to us was really unprofessional, she needs some customer service training. We won't be visiting again in a hurry. As a footnote, the next couple of pubs we visited had pleasant staff on the door and we scanned in without any problem and without the third degree interrogation.

Decent pub. Check your credit card receipts. They have a tendency to charge you more than its worth. They said it was a mistake but I don't believe them. How does £6.20 change into £19.20 accidentaly. When I challenged them they had no idea how to refund me. I spent around 1 hour trying to sort it out.

Went in the Black Bull on New year's Eve. They had 6 hand pumps but no beer on any of them. We left.

For a pub that used to be Preston’s premier guest ale pub it is now absolute rubbish. You’re lucky if you can get any guest/ cask ales. Boddies or John Smiths option. Pathetic!

Wir hatten Spass, ein Alleinunterhalter spielte mit viel Herzblut.. guter Barservice. Vom schlechten Geruch konnte ich bei 2 Besuchen nichts feststellen. Ist sehr empfehlenswert am Abend!!!! Bierauswahl sehr schoen..

This place hasn't changed much for as long as I've been drinking beer. A good pint and a good atmosphere....

Not as good as in the days when it was a Boddngtons house but always has a wide selection of real ale from small breweries. Same layout as the 70's, apart from a small extension into the adjacent shop. Live bands soem weekends, can be a bit loud.

This pub is nice until you go to the toilets. No toilet roll in any of the toilets no soap and only cold water. Asked my friend what was the gents loos like he said hand towels instead of loo rolls cold water again. Good job they don't serve food.

We called in this pub on Friday evening 2nd February. This used to be one of the premier pubs in Preston but now it is sad to say that it is probably the worst pub in the city. What a shocker. The toilets are the most disgusting that I have ever had to use. We will not be going back until it has been shut down and refurbished. I am not a great fan of the Wetherspoons across the road but would certainly go in there before going back to the Bull.

I would like to point out that the Old Black Bull is not "smelly" except insofar as it smells like a pub which sells beer If some people have a problem with this I respectfully suggest they get over it

Been visiting this pub for a number of years - the choice of real ale is always really good and the place has good atmosphere - always good place to start evening out in Preston.I noticed in Ale Cry that the pub had new landlord and I will be honest you could tell:- service was much slower than it had ever had been with only 2 staff behind bar just before 5pm when rugby was starting- it took about 10 minutes for the several of the TV channels being changed to show rugby despite several reminders from several patrons.I certainly recommend the pub but get more staff to maintain a good established reputation.

I have been in here several times for a drink, the beer is okay and it is very much a drinkers pub! However it smells – Sorry but there is no other way of seeing it!!!

Never eaten here, only go for the regular music (Saturday nights), and the beer which has a good selection from microbrewers, checkout facebook page for years list of artists.Older style pub,please DON'T change it, apart from the loos which need sorting out bigtime!!

Proper old fashioned pub. Music on the juke box and real ale beer. Old tables and lots of atmosphere. Loved it. Spent 2 hrs here just relaxing and reading the paper. Fantastic.

Visited with my partner and dog for an early evening drink after shopping, polite friendly staff who even gave us water for the dog

Stopped in here for a drink one afternoon and was really pleased with the place and the beer. I love old pubs and this one didn't disappoint from the wide selection of beers to the warm fine old wood paneling, etc. We sat in a side room off the bar and just enjoyed watching the flow of patrons at the bar. The room décor was green with bench seating all around and a few tables in the middle. The backing all along the wall for the bench was the classic tufted leather, in this case, a dark green. Enjoyed the Malvern Hills Beacon Gold. Lovely visit.

Have been coming here for many many years. This bar used to be one of the most popular Pubs in Preston Town Centre it was the main meeting place before we went for a "Sally Round" in the Central Preston Pubs. Unfortunately the pub now has great competitor in the form of the Grey-Friars across the round. Despite this the Old Black Bull sis still a great place which always seems to be very busy and is still one of my favourite Preston bars. The staff are always friendly and helpful. They have a good range of beer and pub snacks.

I have not been in Preston for years and called in to the Black Bull while visiting friends. Great beers well kept I had the Beartown Ginger Bear, but they had Pride of Pendle and Blonde witch on as well, really good selection.

10 different ales on pump, mainly local including some from pendle. They have started to get some craft beers, the selection was excellent. Some good ones from thornbridge. Well worth visiting. Staff friendly.